This simple recipe is liked by many and fills your mouth with tangy mango taste. It can be made anytime raw mangoes are available but is traditionally made on Ugadi, Telugu New Year’s Day.
Ingredients:
Raw Mangoes – 1 medium sized
Onion – 1 medium sized
Yellow Lentils – 1 ½ cup
Curry leaves – 4 twigs
Jaggery – a small lemon sized piece
Ginger Garlic Paste – ¼ tsp
Salt – 2 tsp
Red Chili Powder – 1 ½ tsp
Turmeric – ¼ tsp
Oil – 2 tbsp
Preparation:
Sort & soak Yellow Lentils in 3 cups of water for 5 min.
Meanwhile, chop onions & cut mangoes into medium sized cubes.
Pressure cook the lentils adding turmeric for a whistle and keep it aside.
Prepare tadka using oil, mustard, cumin seeds, curry leaves and chopped onions.
Now add mango cubes, salt, chili powder and ginger garlic paste.
Sauté it for 2 minutes and add the cooked lentils.
Allow it to cook for another 2 minutes.
Turn the heat off & serve it with chapathi or rice.